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osmose

American  
[oz-mohs, os-] / ˈɒz moʊs, ˈɒs- /

verb (used without object)

osmosed, osmosing

  1. to undergo osmosis.

verb (used with object)

osmosed, osmosing

  1. to subject to osmosis.

noun

  1. osmosis.

osmose British  
/ ˈɒs-, ˈɒzməʊs, -məʊz /

verb

  1. to undergo or cause to undergo osmosis

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noun

  1. a former name for osmosis

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Etymology

Origin of osmose

First recorded in 1850–55; back formation from osmosis

Example Sentences

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Osmose, the movement of fluids through membranes or thin partitions.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

Osmose, os′mōs, n. the tendency of fluids to mix or become equally diffused when in contact, even through an intervening membrane or porous structure—also Osmō′sis.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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